Russia increased food exports to Vietnam by 27% over 5 months

Pork is the Key Commodity in Shipments In January-May, Russia exported food products to Vietnam worth over $150 million. This is 27% higher than the same period in 2024, Interfax was told at the federal center Agroexport. Pork is the key commodity in shipments: it was shipped for $107 million, almost twice as much as in January-May 2024. Frozen pork accounted for 77.6% of the value volume, offal for 22%, and pork fat for 0.4%. "Vietnam has been relatively recently mastered by Russian meat product suppliers, but is already confidently entering the top 3 pork buyers. Russia, in turn, is one of the key suppliers for Vietnam. These results were achieved thanks to the free trade agreement between Vietnam and the EAEU, in effect since 2016, combined with the competitiveness and quality of Russian products," said Center Head Ilya Ilyushin. In addition, 87,000 tons of wheat worth $18 million were shipped to Vietnam in 5 months, with no shipments a year ago. Vietnam is gradually increasing ...